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COVID-19 UPDATE

Marni Kuyl, RN, MS Director of Health and Human Services

August 18, 2020

Oregon Numbers as of 8/17/2020

• 192 new confirmed and presumptive cases reported,

for a cumulative total of 22,234

• Cumulative deaths: 388
• Statewide 7-day average for new hospitalizations 19

(downward trend)

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1% of Oregonians Show Evidence of Covid-19 Exposure

• Rate 10 times higher than conventional testing shows

(antibody testing)

• Most people still susceptible- need to continue

precautions

• Antibody testing not good test to determine if you have

COVID-19

• Unclear how protected individuals are with antibodies

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Washington County Data

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Category 8/10/2020 8/17/2020 Total confirmed cases 3,044 3,266 Total presumptive cases 94 106 Total hospitalizations 243 260 Total deaths 25 28 Long-term care facilities 20 17 Congregate settings 2 2 Workplace settings 25 19 Schools/day care/ camps 10 8

Case Investigation Compliance

OHA Phase 2 Readiness Indicators

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Weekly OHA Indicators August 17, 2020 Percent of tests reported positive (should be going down) 5.4% Uptrend Percent change in cases (should be less than 5%)

• 20%

Percent of cases not linked to an existing case (should be 30% or less) 36% Average hospitalizations per day (should be going down) Uptrend 24-hour contact tracing (should be 95% or higher) 97%

School Metrics Test Positivity

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Week Starting State Positivity Rate Washington County Positivity Rate 7/26/2020 6.3% 5.9% 8/2/2020 5.4% 5.6% 8/9/2020 5.4% 5.4%

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School Metrics Washington County Case Rates

Week Starting Cases / 100,000 7/26/2020 54 8/2/2020 43 8/9/2020 43

New School Guidance Exceptions

Statewide:

• Provide In-Person Education for Kindergarten through 3rd Grade
• Limited In-Person Instruction for Specific Groups of Students
• School-wide in small districts (enrollment of less than or equal to 75 students)

County Specific (Washington County Eligible):

• School-wide remote or rural schools in larger population counties with a

population of less than 30,000 and population density of less than 6 people per square mile

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Exception: K-Grade 3 In-Person

Eligibility

• No confirmed cases of COVID among school staff/students in the past 14 days.
• The case rate of the county is less than or equal to 30 cases per 100,000 in the

preceding 7 days for the past three weeks.

• The test positivity in the county is less than or equal to 5% in the preceding 7 days

for the past three weeks.

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Exception: Limited In-Person Instruction

Eligibility

• There have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 among school staff or students in

the past 14 days.

• School fully comply with sections 1-3 of the Ready School, Safe Learners guidance.
• Schools fully comply with Comprehensive Distance Learning Guidance for Limited In

Person Instruction, which includes further limitation on cohort size, time, and more.

• No more than 10 students in a cohort
• No more than two consecutive hours can be spent in a school building by

individual students and/or student cohorts

• Students can be part of no more than two cohorts
• No more than 250 students can enter campus in any given week

Child Care Issues

• School districts working to get enough slots for

teachers/staff to free up options in the community for parents

• Child care slots about 70-80% pre-COVID.
• Currently only 700 slots in Washington County for school

aged care

• Parents don’t normally pay for care when children in school
• DHS Employment Related Day Care (ERDC) program could

help with equity issues

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Governor’s Watch list criteria

To be on the “Watch List” counties must:

• Have a sporadic case rate of ≥50 per 100,000 in the past two

weeks

– For the time period of 7/26-8/8 Washington County’s sporadic case rate is: 30.6 per 100,000

• Have >5 sporadic cases in the past two weeks

– Washington County has had <5 sporadic cases for months

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Protect your family, friends and coworkers!

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